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25 Cents Greeley; PoW Camp
| Issuer | United States Army (Prisoner of War Camp, Greeley, Colorado) |
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| Year | 1942-1946 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-pink stock printed in black letterpress throughout. The left field carries the camp identification in bold block capitals across three lines, with a cautionary clause in smaller type at lower left; a red serial number appears in the lower centre. A ruled rectangular panel at right bears the denomination numeral and unit in large bold type within a fine guilloche-style border. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONER OF WAR CAMP GREELEY, COLO. NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 25 CENTS |
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American prisoner of war camps issued their own scrip to prevent German and Italian POWs from accumulating U.S. currency that could fund escapes or be passed in local communities. The Greeley, Colorado facility held primarily German POWs employed in agricultural labor — sugar beet harvesting was a primary assignment, filling gaps left by the wartime labor shortage on Colorado's plains.
Camp scrip was non-transferable by regulation, though enforcement was inconsistent. The Greeley issues are among the more localized of the American POW series and were destroyed in bulk after repatriation.